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G. C. JOHNSON..

HGLDBR AND CUTTER EUR WEB PAPER.

Patented July 29, 1884-.

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UNTTnn STaTns ifaTnNT @Tirreno CHARLES O. JOHNSON, OFVSPRINGFIELD,ASSIGNGOR TO HORACE 7. THOMPSON, OF WESTMINSTER, VERMONT.

HOLDER AND CUTTER FOR WEB-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,736, dated July 29,1884.

Application [iled May 2:2, 1884.

To all whom t may con/corro:

Be it known that LCHARLEs C. JOHNSON, of Springfield,in the county ofVindsor and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Holders and Gutters for Veb-Paper; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making partof this application.

My invention relates to that class of paper holders and cutters adaptedto support the rolls or wound webs of paper axially, and provided withsome sort of cutting or severing device, by means of which a piece ofany desired length may be vunwound from the web, and conveniently andreadily severed therefrom for use.

Previous to my invention paper holders and cutters of this type havebeen made of various constructions, the most of which have been more orless complicated, and more 0r less deiicient or undesirable in practicaloperation.

My invention has for its main objects to provide for use a contrivanceof the type mentioned, which, while it shall be simple and economic ofmanufacture, shall be exceedingly efficient in its practical operation;and to these main ends and objects my invention consists in the noveldevices and combinations of devices, which will be hereinafter morefully described, and which will be particularly pointed out and definedin the claims of this specification.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to more fully describe the construction and operation of amachine embodying the several features of my improvement, referring byletters to the accompanying drawings, which form part of thisspecification, and in which I have illustrated my invention carried outin that form in which I have so far successfully practiced it.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View showing the parts of thecontrivance and the web ofpaper in the conditions in which they wouldappear when ready for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical section, with a portionof the Web pulled off ready to be severed from the (No model.)

main supply. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the web-sustaining reel orbail-like support separated from the web and from the other parts of thecontrivance.

In these several figures the same parts will be found designated by thesame letters of reference.

A represents an ordinary roll or Wound web of water-closet paper, whichis mounted upon the helically-wound plug-like portions b of the wirebail-like frame B. This bail-like frame'is preferably made (by turningthe wire) with two eyes, at C C, to facilitate the fastening up orhanging up of the bail against any wall or partition where thecontrivance is to be used, as illustrated.

D is a combined cuttingknife and roll-brake, which is preferably made,as shown, of sheet metal, with its forward cuttingedge bent upwardly andserrated in a manner well understood, to facilitate the severance of thepaper. This cutter and brake D is formed with two notches orindentations at either end and near its back edge, which engage, asshown, with the nearly vertical portions or side bars of the bail orrollsupport B; and a short distance forward of the points where thedevice D engages with the side` bars of the bail said device is providedwith an upwardly-projecting rib or flange, d, in rear of which restsupon the device D, by gravity, a presser-bar or tension-bar, E, which ispreferably formed of a piece of wire, the ends of which are bent intohook-like or eye form, so as to engage with the side bars of the bail Bin such manner as to permit the said presser-bar to freely slide up anddown on said bail.

In fitting the contrivance for use, the side bars of the bail arelsprung apart, so as to permit the engagement with the central hole ofthe roll of paper of the plug-like portions b of the bail. The slidingkife and brake device D is then permitted to descend and rest on top ofthe roll of paper, the free end of the paper being passed over saiddevice D, and the presser-bar E is then allowed to descend on top of theprojecting portion of the paper web, all as clearly illustrated in thedrawings.

In the use of a contrivance such as shown,

and so far described, the operation is as follows: NVhen it is desiredto use some of the paper, the free or projecting end of the web isgrasped, and any desired quantity is pulled off in the directionindicated at Fig. 2. Then bypulling the drawn-off portion of the webdownwardly, as indicated by dotted lines at said igure, and pulling onthe web, the initial eiiect is to pull the device D down onto the upperportion of the periphery of the paper roll with a force due to the pullon the paper augmented by the leverage exerted by the device D, sincethe pull of the paper on the serrated edge of D acts to force the plateD down onto the roll near its rearmost edge and slightly in advance ofthe fulcral line at which said plate is engaged with the side bars ofthe bail B., A slight sidewise pull on the paper thus effects thecomplete severance of the pulled-oft' portion fromy the rest of the webby A Vthe action of the serrated edge of the device D, and the free endof the cut web naturally assumes the position seen at Fig. l by reasonof the action of the presser-bar E, which, ex-

erting its weight on the paper immediately in rear of theupwardly-projecting rib or iiange d, causes the paper to assume thcposition shown, and leaves its free end in a most convenient conditionto be again grasped for another operation of the machine.

It will be seen that by the construction of the holder B of a singlepiece of wire, with the tapering coils b, an exceedingly cheap andeficient means for supporting the roll of paper is provided, and one towhich the rolls of paper for use may be alternately supplied in a mostconvenientmanner by simply springing apart the lower ends ot' the wirebail and inserting the tapering coils in theavial aperture ofthe roll.

By making the device D with simple notches at either end to engage withthe side bars of the bail, as shown, said device may be slid up on theside bars of the reel,fout ofthe way, for

the ready insertion of a fresh roll of' paper; and in fact may, ifdesired, be entirelyfremoved from the bail. The presser-bar E operatessufficiently for the purpose explained, and the action of the device Dis such, it will be understood, that in drawing off portions of the webit excites a slight tension on the paper, so that it will not be pulledoff too easily, and then when the web is pulled down to perform thecutting operation it acts initially, as already eXplained, as a sort oflever-brake on the roll.

Of course the precise forms, as well as the sizes and proportions of theparts, may be varied more or less without changing the principle ot'construction or mode of operation of 6C the machine, and hence withoutdeparting from the gist of my improvements.

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In combination with a bail-like holder for supporting the roll orwound web ofpaper, a cutting bar or device which rests by gravity on topof the roll, and which acts, as described',

as a lever-brake to retard the rotation of the roll by the pullingaction on the free end of In witness whereofI have hereunto set myV handthis 17th day of May, 1884.

v CHARLES C. JOHNSON. In presence of- JUsTUs DARTT, A. M. ALLBE.

